Country Tools and How to Use Them

228 Pages·2006·31.315 MB·English

by  Percy W. Blandford

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COUNTRY TOOLS
and
HOW TO USE THEM

COUNTRY TOOLS
and
HOW TO USE THEM
PERCY BLANDFORD
W.
Illustrated by theAuthor
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC
Mineola, NewYork
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by PercyW.Blandford
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition,first published in 2006,is an unabridged republication ofthe
Second Edition of the work originally published in 1997 by Swan Hill Press,
Shrewsbury,England,under the title Country CraftTools.
International Standard Book Number: 0-486-44844-4
Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica
Dover Publications,Inc.,31 East 2nd Street,Mineola.N.Y. 11501
Contents
Chapter Page
List of Illustrations 6
Introduction 11
1 Craftsmanship 15
2 Axes 22
3 Mallets and Hammers 39
4 Knives 50
5 Chisels 64
6 Saws 72
7 Planes 82
8 Making Holes 97
9 Holding and Handling 108
10 Measuring and Marking-out 127
11 Turning and Round Work 139
12 Rural Engineering 148
13 Agricultural Hand Tools 158
14 Fabric and Fibrous Crafts 167
15 Other Tools 176
Appendices:
1 Hardening, Tempering and Annealing 181
2 Tool Sharpening 184
3 Timber 192
4 Craft Names 199
Bibliography 206
Index 207
List of Illustrations
Drawings Page
Fig.
2-1 Early and localised types of axes 23
2-2 Axe construction and some specialised axes 27
2-3 Chopping and splitting tools 30
2-4 Main patterns ofbill-hooks 33
2-5 Mattocks, adzes and stone-working tools 35
3-1 Mallets, beetles and other wooden hitting tools 40
3-2 Special hammers and combination hitting tools 45
3-3 Hammers for specialised uses 47
4-1 Knives for many purposes 51
4-2 Special knives and draw knife variations 54
4-3 Knives for coppice and straw crafts 58
4-4 Agricultural and slaters' cutting tools 61
5-1 Chisels and their handles 65
5-2 Gouges, carving tools and special cutters 68
6-1 Early type, Japanese and frame saws 73
6-2 Frame, pit, cross-cut and small saws 78
7-1 Basic types ofplanes 83
7-2 Special planes 88
7-3 Shaves, strippers and scrapers 93
8-1 Hole-making tools 98
8-2 Drilling and punching devices 103
9-1 Supports and holding devices 109
9-2 Shaving horse details 111
9-3 Holding, forming and compressing equipment 113
9-4 Handling and cramping devices 116
9-5 Bench details 118
9-6 Vices and cramps 120